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[ariane] 14/8/2017 16:12

X5 me thinks too early

not yet convincing enough

[x54v] 14/8/2017 16:06

Longer term chart looking good now with a break of 13p taking out major resistance and opening up the possibility of a move to 17p.

[x54v] 14/8/2017 15:57

A tick up. Finally.

[ariane] 14/8/2017 13:01

tromso1
11 Aug '17 - 15:43 - 500 of 513 1 0
A long way up still to go from here. Simon Thompson is usually spot on and he reckons that north of 18p is likely in the next few weeks

[1hopefultrader] 14/8/2017 12:58

Anyone got the link to the investors chronicles audio?

[isaseeya] 14/8/2017 08:00

above 13 this week coming our way.

[hotaimstocks] 13/8/2017 23:26

Translated from Chinese Forbes
The market for "new" domains has reached a record amount New internet sites are gaining in popularity at a rapid pace - this is clearly confirmed by the record amount paid for casino.online. The new owner found it on the transaction value of more than 200 thousand. dollars. Although the existing sales records still belong to the so-called. Top-level domains - among which .com, .org, .net, .net domains, new domains are becoming more prominent in the global marketplace. Change of trend? In the face of all the current transactions on the global domain market, this amount is not impressive. It's enough to mention record purchases in the history of network marketing such as acquiring www.lasvegas.com for $ 90 million or www.carinsurance.com for nearly $ 50 million. In the case of the Polish market, the record belongs to www.opony.pl, which seven years ago found the buyer for the amount of one million zlotys. Taking into account only the crystallized market of the so-called. "New domains", among which worth pointing out such as .online, .website, .club, .vip, .shop or .live, 201 thousand. $ 250 is an absolute record, which at the same time outlines the upcoming return of Internet address buyers to more attractive and more domain-specific domain names. - This is a record deal, although it is worth noting that there is no shortage of purchases similar to the address casino.online, such as address 1.xyz, purchased for nearly 183 thousand. Dol., Tube.webcam priced at 175 thousand. Or coffe.club, worth 100,000. dollars. The return of interest of entrepreneurs towards non-standard Internet addresses for their company is also visible in Poland - the example may be the .vip domain, whose validity is prolonged by customers by 10 percent. More than the traditional .pl domain - adds Marta Goc - Karwala, domain product manager at home.pl New addresses are taken According to data published by Verisign, in the first quarter of this year, the number of new domain registrations was 25.4 million, representing almost 8 percent. All internet addresses in the world, the total number of which has exceeded 330 million. In the ranking hxxps://ntldstats.com/, where new addresses are listed, the .xyz extension is accompanied by nearly 6 million web pages. Second place was the .top domain, with nearly 3.5 million records. The club end is also highly qualified, which is used by 1.92 million customers or .online, which has been registered more than 750 thousand times. Sandeep Ramchandani, vice president of Radix's Registry, which has a number of new addresses in his portfolio, said in an interview with DNJournal.com magazine that the biggest growth registrations are expected in this segment, for example due to the broadest target group and the universality of extensions such as. .website or .online.

[ariane] 12/8/2017 16:07

To support local economy, dot-Boston web domains open for pre-order

Nonprofits, government organizations and local businesses are being encouraged to purchase as a means to lift the city's profile and raise grant funding for technology education programs.
Jason Shueh

By Jason Shueh

August 11, 2017 7:09 PM
Bio
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To support local businesses and community engagement, the city of Boston is now among four American cities to offer its own top-level web domain.

On Thursday, the city and its domain management partners opened early registration for “.boston”; web addresses. The new domain offering is advertised as a branding opportunity for local businesses and organizations trying to associate themselves with the city. Additionally, a portion of the revenue generated from domain sales will go toward community grants.

Boston Chief Information Officer Jascha Franklin-Hodge said the intent of the initiative is to bolster economic development and enhance community engagement through greater awareness of local organizations.

“We hope that .boston will allow nonprofit and government organizations to present their local initiatives in a new way online, while showcasing their pride in the Boston community,” Franklin-Hodge said in a statement.

Nonprofits and government organizations get first dibs at a discounted annual price of $8.75, while the public can pre-register for .boston domains at $19, or buy them for their regular price of $15 when they open up for general purchase on October 8.

A spokesperson for the City of Boston told StateScoop that while the city does not receive revenue from the domain purchases, a portion of the revenue that goes to the domain’s media partners will be channeled to the Community Domain Fund, which will fund projects that foster and promote technology innovation and education in the city.

Boston’s domain is part of a growing number of Internet place names that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) created in 2012. In the U.S., New York, Miami, and Las Vegas have used the geographic addresses as commodities to highlight local organizations and businesses.

Jeremiah Johnston, a spokesperson for Minds + Machines Group Limited, a top-level domains company, said participating cities are gradually seeing the benefits the domains have for their local entrepreneurs and small business. London and Miami are also among the domains within the company's portfolio.

“If you’re a small business — and especially if you’re a small business that started up in the last 10 to 15 years — you started in a space where good domains have been gone for a long time,” Johnston said. “Well, with these launches of special geographic extensions, it is the ideal opportunity for local businesses to not only get a perfect domain or better domain that they’re used to, but to really show their market and their community.”

Johnston said the naming convention will also help participating websites to become easily recognizable in search results and reach a "hyperlocal" status, as businesses gain recognition for their local services and products. Someone looking for a local book store in Boston, for example, will likely view a .boston address as an indication to visit that website over a national competitor.

Until October, Boston and MMX are encouraging local nonprofits and government agencies to apply for the address.

“The key thing is to really take advantage of this opportunity,” Johnston said, “to be pre-landrush on something that’s going to be a great piece of virtual real estate in a city where real estate is king.”



Jason Shueh, Tech Editor

Shueh is a tech editor at StateScoop with a specialty for civic tech and smart city news. His articles and writing have covered numerous subjects, from minute happenings to major trends in government technology. At StateScoop, Shueh covers information technology in the nation's largest cities, as well as state governments across the ountry. He also focuses on civic technology, open government and digital services.

[hotaimstocks] 12/8/2017 15:08

.MMX
Cont- Johnston said the naming convention will also help participating websites to become easily recognizable in search results and reach a "hyperlocal" status, as businesses gain recognition for their local services and products. Someone looking for a local book store in Boston, for example, will likely view a .boston address as an indication to visit that website over a national competitor. Until October, Boston and MMX are encouraging local nonprofits and government agencies to apply for the address. “The key thing is to really take advantage of this opportunity,” Johnston said, “to be pre-landrush on something that’s going to be a great piece of virtual real estate in a city where real estate is king.”

[maywillow] 11/8/2017 19:22

hotaimstocks
11 Aug '17 - 19:01 - 502 of 503 0 0
BOSTONIANS GET THERE OWN DOMAIN . Bostonians get their own domain
Bostonians finally have a place on the Internet to call their own. Beginning Thursday, a new Internet domain address ending in .boston began accepting registrations for nonprofit organizations, such as churches and community organizations, for an annual fee of $8.75. Eligible organizations can sign up at apply.boston, and all addresses are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Businesses and individuals can preregister on the site now for $19, with general registration for them opening Oct. 10, for a fee set at $15. The domain is one of hundreds of new Internet place names created by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, in 2012. Several other US cities have their own domains, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Las Vegas, while other groups and businesses got the rights to domains such as .law and .wedding. The .boston domain was initially awarded to the city of Boston and the Boston Globe in 2012, but the media company sold off nearly all its interest in the venture to Minds + Machines Group Limited, a company specializing in the operation of Internet domains. The Globe retains a small ownership percentage in the new domain and will receive some revenue from the sale of .boston addresses. — HIAWATHA BRAY

BOSTON GLOBE

[hotaimstocks] 11/8/2017 19:03

Bostonians get their own domain
Bostonians finally have a place on the Internet to call their own. Beginning Thursday, a new Internet domain address ending in .boston began accepting registrations for nonprofit organizations, such as churches and community organizations, for an annual fee of $8.75. Eligible organizations can sign up at apply.boston, and all addresses are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Businesses and individuals can preregister on the site now for $19, with general registration for them opening Oct. 10, for a fee set at $15. The domain is one of hundreds of new Internet place names created by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, in 2012. Several other US cities have their own domains, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Las Vegas, while other groups and businesses got the rights to domains such as .law and .wedding. The .boston domain was initially awarded to the city of Boston and the Boston Globe in 2012, but the media company sold off nearly all its interest in the venture to Minds + Machines Group Limited, a company specializing in the operation of Internet domains. The Globe retains a small ownership percentage in the new domain and will receive some revenue from the sale of .boston addresses. — HIAWATHA BRAY

[hotaimstocks] 11/8/2017 19:01

BOSTONIANS GET THERE OWN DOMAIN . Bostonians get their own domain
Bostonians finally have a place on the Internet to call their own. Beginning Thursday, a new Internet domain address ending in .boston began accepting registrations for nonprofit organizations, such as churches and community organizations, for an annual fee of $8.75. Eligible organizations can sign up at apply.boston, and all addresses are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. Businesses and individuals can preregister on the site now for $19, with general registration for them opening Oct. 10, for a fee set at $15. The domain is one of hundreds of new Internet place names created by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, in 2012. Several other US cities have their own domains, including New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Las Vegas, while other groups and businesses got the rights to domains such as .law and .wedding. The .boston domain was initially awarded to the city of Boston and the Boston Globe in 2012, but the media company sold off nearly all its interest in the venture to Minds + Machines Group Limited, a company specializing in the operation of Internet domains. The Globe retains a small ownership percentage in the new domain and will receive some revenue from the sale of .boston addresses. — HIAWATHA BRAY

[tromso1] 11/8/2017 15:43

A long way up still to go from here. Simon Thompson is usually spot on and he reckons that north of 18p is likely in the next few weeks

[suneday] 11/8/2017 15:35

Not seeking to put a price on it for buyout or merger, but it has done 25% since prospect of such became known.

[tromso1] 11/8/2017 14:56

Some good buying today given the general markets are so weak.

If the markets were stronger this would be flying.

[jkzip] 10/8/2017 23:45

Pray for Verisign. $300 million would be petty cash for them!

[isaseeya] 10/8/2017 20:23

If the interested parties are the big players in this field then this 'could' go ballistic in terms of offers. If they 100% want to buy it and we can assume they do considering the length of time Investment bankers have been in discussions and the recent positive statements from TH, then I would not rule out any price.